Tabloid journalism in South Africa: true story!

Contents Acknowledgments 1. Shock! Horror! Scandal! The Tabloid Controversy and Journalism Studies in Post-Apartheid South Africa 2. Attack of the Killer Newspapers! Tabloids Arrive in South Africa 3. Black and White and Read All Over: Tabloids and the Glocalization of Popular Media 4. Not Really Newspapers: Tabloids and the South African Journalistic Paradigm 5. The Revolution Will Be Printed: Tabloids, Citizenship, and Democratic Politics in Post-Apartheid South Africa 6. Truth or Trash? Understanding Tabloid Journalism and Lived Experience 7. Often They Cry with the People: The Professional Identities of Tabloid Journalists 8. Conclusion: Telling Stories Notes References Index